conspiracy

  • (noun): The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • (noun): An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • (noun): A group of ravens.
  • (noun): A group of lemurs.
  • (noun): A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
  • (noun): (by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
  • (verb): To conspire.